Stars Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, writer/director Paul Weitz, author Nick Flynn and more showed up to celebrate the release of BEING FLYNN at a special red-carpet screening in Manhattan on March 1, 2012.

There is arguably no American actor more admired than Robert De Niro, who creates unforgettable characters such as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, Paul Vitti in Analyze This and Jonathan Flynn in BEING FLYNN.

Even before he asked us “Are you talkin’ to me?”, film fans were talking about Robert De Niro, and marveling at his uncanny ability to create surprisingly original characters. With BEING FLYNN, De Niro’s Jonathan Flynn echoes many of his greatest roles, many of which we revisit in a special tribute slideshow.

Nick Flynn’s personal story about his father, poetically expressed in his memoir, first captured the imagination of director Paul Weitz, then won the hearts of the film’s cast (including Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, and Paul Dano).

Nick Flynn, the author of the memoir behind Paul Weitz’ BEING FLYNN, recounts the process of how he came to write the book, and how the process of getting to know his dad changed his relationship with him.

To capture life on the street, the costume and production designers worked hard to meld the reality of urban life with the particular details of each character. Indeed some extras found being on set almost like being back on the street.

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Can one life story have two authors?
Being Flynn is the new dramatic feature from Academy Award-nominated writer/director Paul Weitz (About a Boy). Adapted from Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir Another Bulls—t Night in Suck City, the movie explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child.